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Abacre Retail Point of Sale Changelog

What's new in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 13.1.0.0

Feb 25, 2023
  • Feature: added Items information template on menu Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order Details.
  • Improvement: Reconcile Cash Drawer will show the list of open orders in the error message "There are some open orders".
  • Improvement: Waitress management features now available in Abacre Retail Point of Sale. They were taken from Abacre Restaurant Point of
  • Sale. It maybe used for example to select a driver for an order.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 13.0.0.377 (Jan 29, 2023)

  • Feature: added Total column on Order window for list of ordered items
  • Feature: added new option "Forbid duplicate items on import" located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Items. When the option is checked then items with the same name, code or barcode are is created again in database. Instead only price, on hand cost and quantity are updated for such items
  • Feature: added new option "Barcode has Check Digit"
  • Feature: added new option "Show Property Name" on menu Configuration - Preferences - Reports
  • Feature: added support of using bill's templates when using fiscal mode in Fiji
  • Improvement: "use tax" options are correctly imported now on menu
  • Configuration - Items - Import Items button
  • Improvement: added an automatic scrolling of the list of ordered items on Order window
  • Improvement: when importing items on Items window sales location names are not case sensitive now
  • Improvement: Taxes by Day and Collected Sales Tax reports are displayed now without overlapping
  • Improvement: in Fiji fiscal mode END OF FISCAL INVOICE is printed after QR code
  • Improvement: in Fiji fiscal mode it's possible to use now payment tags
  • Bug fixed: error message was shown when clicking on Avg On Hand Cost column on Physical Inventory window

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 12.8.0.366 (May 25, 2022)

  • Feature: added support of 5th tax on menu Configuration - Property
  • Settings - Taxes and Tips.
  • Improvement: When "Show daily totals in status panel" is checked then
  • Sales information in status bar is shown now with respect to "Number of
  • Minutes your business is open after midnight" option.
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameter {$workstationname}
  • Improvement: when using touch screens virtual keyboard did not pop on
  • Orders and Clients windows. Now it's possible to show the virtual
  • Keyboard by double clicking on search field.
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameter: {$paymentmediatype}
  • Bug fixed: {$paymentpaid} parameter was not printed on receipts
  • Because it was misspelled.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 12.7.0.364 (Mar 29, 2022)

  • Feature: added custom fields for client.
  • Feature: for modifiers it's now possible to change positions and colors.
  • Feature: on Choose Modifiers window added a possibility to view list of modifiers as buttons.
  • Feature: added new security role: Hide closed orders.
  • Feature: added new {$datapath} bill and invoice configuration parameter.
  • Feature: inventory shrinkage report has now stock locations filter.
  • Bug fixed: barcodes for KSA were printed with incorrect time zone offset.
  • Bug fixed: corrected bug with modifiers template tags for bill and notification printers.
  • Bug fixed: worker login name defined by {$server} tag was printed incorrectly when "Login by password only" method was used.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 12.6.0.362 (Dec 16, 2021)

  • Feature: implemented new QR Code tag: {$qrcodeksa} which is need to
  • Generate QR Codes compatible with requirements of Tax Authorities of
  • Saudi Arabia.
  • Feature: implemented support of QR Code printing in HTML printing
  • Module.
  • Bug fixed: when printing two or more copies of a receipt with QR Code
  • The second and next copies were printed in black.
  • Improvement: now it's possible to use Arabic text in Property Name to
  • Be printed in QR Codes.
  • Feature: added new parameter {$ordertypetotal} for end of day
  • Templates.
  • Feature: implemented support of "Direct to Serial Port" and "Running
  • Command" for notification printers.
  • Improvement: implemented several improvements on FTP settings saving
  • Located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Advanced.
  • Bug fixed: Time fields are displayed with initial date on menu
  • Configuration - Items - Price Schedule.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 12.5.0.358 (Nov 24, 2021)

  • Feature: added support of QR code printing on receipt required in some
  • Countries, for example, in Saudi Arabia.
  • Feature: added support of QR code printing on invoices.
  • Feature: added new option: QR Code Scale Factor located on menu
  • Configuration - Bill Configuration - Parameters.
  • Feature: added new option: Create Two Electronic Journals on menu
  • Configuration - Preferences - End of Day.
  • Feature: added new window: Client Activities. Not it's possible to set
  • A client activity on Additional tab of Clients window. It's also
  • Possible to print client activity on receipts and invoices using
  • {$clientactname} tag.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 12.4.0.356 (Oct 26, 2021)

  • Feature: added new fields on Clients window: Tax ID and Web site. Added corresponding tags on for bill templates: {$clienttaxid}, {$clientwebsite}.
  • Feature: added new fields on Clients window: VAT ID, Tax ID, Web site and Email. Added corresponding tags on for bill templates: {$propertyvatid}, {$propertytaxid}, {$propertywebsite} and {$propertyemail}.
  • Improvement: added a possibility to insert template body by pressing Shift+Ctrl+Alt+V on template's body on Bill Configuration and Templates window.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 12.3.0.355 (Sep 23, 2021)

  • Feature: added new security option: Show Change Qty button.
  • Feature: added new option: Automatically select an order type. This
  • Option is located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order
  • Details.
  • Improvement: Order Type button is show only for non-empty open orders.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 12.2.0.354 (Aug 24, 2021)

  • Feature: added new option: "Keep non-found barcode in Item Code field"
  • Located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Hardware - Barcode Reader.
  • Feature: added new option: "Use left alignment on Z-Out reports"
  • Located on menu Configuration - Preferences - End of Day.
  • Improvement: added circular loop detection in calculation of item's
  • Cost with ingredients.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 12.1.0.351 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Feature: on Order window when barcode is scanned incorrectly or
  • Barcode is not found then Item Code field will be highlighted in red
  • Color and bold.
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameter: {$totales2} to
  • Display total in Spanish in the following sample format:
  • CINCUENTA Y TRES 00/100
  • Feature: on menu Configuration - Items - Export added new export
  • Columns: Barcode, Category, On Hand Qty.
  • Improvement: for some inventory and profit margin reports Margin %
  • Will be shown as zero if total on hand cost is zero for items. This is
  • The case when inventory module is used only for counting of on hand
  • Quantities without counting of on hand cost.
  • Improvement: Worker Hours report displays hours with greater
  • Precision.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 12.0.0.346 (Jun 24, 2021)

  • Feature: added new actions on Task window: Move Top and Move Bottom to move selected task to top or bottom of the task list.
  • Feature: added Backup Folder parameter on menu Configuration - Preferences - End of Day.
  • Feature: added Backup file name template parameter on menu Configuration - Preferences - End of Day.
  • Feature: added new parameter Logo Scale Factor on menu Configuration - Bill Configuration - Parameters. Now it's possible to scale logo on receipts or notifications.
  • Improvement: property logo is correctly scaled on main toolbar and on menu Configuration - Property Settings - General.
  • Improvement: implemented more accurate text printing in respect to logo position on a receipt.
  • Improvement: About window now maybe close by pressing Escape button.
  • Bug fixed: Stretch Logo parameter located on menu Configuration - Bill Configuration - Parameters sometimes was saved incorrectly.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 11.9.0.344 (May 20, 2021)

  • Feature: added new option Show New Order button located on menu
  • Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order Buttons. This option
  • Controls visibility of New Order button located at the bottom of Order
  • Window.
  • Feature: added new option Use API Server on menu Configuration -
  • Preferences - General.
  • Feature: added {$printonbillprinter} parameter for deposit templates.
  • Put this parameter into any place and the deposit will be printed on
  • Bill printer instead of invoice A4/Letter printer.
  • Feature: for bill's templates it's possible now to customize item
  • Categories using {$itemcats}{$/itemcats} parameters.
  • Feature: added a possibility to run multiple instances of the program
  • By putting minst.txt file into the same folder where program's
  • Executable file is located.
  • Improvement: increased size of note field to 255 chars on Task window
  • For tracking task's execution time.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 11.8.0.343 (Apr 23, 2021)

  • Feature: added a possibility to track task's execution time on Tasks window.
  • Feature: added Use Tickets option on menu Configuration - Preferences
  • General:
  • Feature: added Code, Series, Ticket Count columns on menu
  • Configuration - Order Types:
  • Feature: clicking on total difference label on Transaction Journal will fill the selected credit or debit field with the total difference.
  • Feature: added Number field on Transaction Journal window.
  • Feature: added possibility to sort transaction table by any column on Transaction Journal window.
  • Feature: added new "Duplicate" button on Transaction Journal window.
  • Feature: added new "Reverse" button on Transaction Journal window.
  • Feature: added new option "Automatically create transaction numbers" on Accounting tab of Preferences window.
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameter: {$paymentcount} which shows number of payments for order.
  • Feature: added new template type: Bill. Now it's possible to use several templates for bills.
  • Feature: added new reports: X-Out Status and Z-Out Monthly with corresponding template types on Templates window.
  • Feature: added Barcode Type field on menu Configuration - Items. Now it's possible to define barcode type as: Normal, Price-based or Weight-based.
  • Bug fixed: all lines of bill could be printed in one line in case if bill's template is started with empty line.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 11.7.0.340 (Mar 25, 2021)

  • Feature: implemented a classical double-entry accounting module with
  • Multi-currency support. Watch the following 6 minutes overview on
  • YouTube: https://youtu.be/BaSCHhnHIdY
  • Read more:
  • Https://www.abacre.com/p/accounting
  • Note: Access to accounting module is controlled by "Show Accounting
  • Menu" security option which is located on menu Configuration - Security
  • Roles.
  • Feature: added new option "Require client choosing for refund orders"
  • On menu Configuration - Preferences - Take Payment.
  • Feature: on Orders window changed Cashier column to Server and added
  • New column Cashier (a person who takes payments).
  • Feature: added new option on Bill Configuration - Advanced: Show Logo
  • Only on first copy of bill.
  • Feature: added new security option: Show Kitchen/Bar button.
  • Feature: added Show Order button on Clients window - Account tab.
  • Feature: added many new fields for templates of Z-Count Cash Drawer
  • And Z-Out Property Close reports. Read more:
  • Https://www.abacre.com/p/z-out-template
  • Feature: added New Order button in the bottom panel of buttons on
  • Order window.
  • Feature: added new option "Use Account Limits" on menu Configuration -
  • Preferences - Clients.
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameters: {$itemapplytax1},
  • {$itemapplytax2}, {$itemapplytax3} and {$itemapplytax4}.
  • Feature: added new option "Create Electronic Journal" on menu
  • Configuration - Preferences - End of Day.
  • Feature: added Code field on Workstations window.
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameter: {$workstationcode}
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameter: {$branchcode}
  • Feature: added Branch Code, Use Separator, Minus before Sign options
  • On menu Configuration - Property Settings - General.
  • Feature: added Choose Order button to select an order for deposit
  • Payment.
  • Improvement: changed algorithm of Client Statement report.
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameter: {$payments} to
  • Display customized list of payments.
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameter: {$paymentnames}
  • Feature: added new option: "Automatically calculate taxes on
  • Purchases" located on menu Configuration - Preferences - General.
  • Bug fixed: when creating return voucher based on receive voucher the
  • Tax fields were not copied.
  • Improvement: after making Deposit on Account on Clients window the
  • Client is correctly positioned.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 11.6.0.332 (Feb 26, 2021)

  • Feature: implemented Worker Activity Logging.
  • Feature: added new report: Inventory On Hand by Items with Sales.
  • Feature: added new Choose Current Locations window to select current sales and stock locations.
  • Feature: sales location name and stock location name are displayed in status bar.
  • Feature: added new option on menu Configuration - Preferences - Items: "Allow items with the same name". Uncheck this option if you don't allow to create items with the same name (duplicate items).
  • Improvement: on menu Configuration - Items - Inventory tab is shown only for workers with Is Admin, Is Inventory clerk and Is Purchasing manager options.
  • Improvement: Price Levels and Stock Locations windows are visible only for workers with Is Admin option.
  • Feature: added new field: Second Currency Price on menu Configuration - Items.
  • Feature: added Calc Prices button located on menu Configuration - Property Settings - General. This button is used to calculated all main currency prices based on second currency price and exchange rate.
  • Feature: added tax fields on Purchase Order, Receive Vouchers and Return Vouchers.
  • Feature: implemented new report: Taxes on Purchases.
  • Improvement: Sales by Item report supports now Sales Locations.
  • Feature: added new {$totalar} bill configuration parameter to display total in Arabic.
  • Improvement: changed main font to Tahoma to better support Arabic on Windows 10.
  • For hotels:
  • Feature: added new option on menu Configuration - Preferences - Hotel: "Set Room as Dirty after Check Out".
  • Bug fixed: when 0 was used as format for inventory quantities then quantities were displayed with 0 in fractional part. For example, 10 was displayed as 10.0.
  • Improvement: added a possibility to select font for Choose Item window. See menu Configuration - Preferences - Font. Select "Choose Item window".
  • Feature: added new options on menu Configuration - Preferences - Take Payment: Require client choosing if total is greater than, Order's total and Require VAT ID.
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameter: {$isrefund}. It returns 1 if it's refund order is and it returns 0 for sales orders.
  • Feature: added Test Connection button on Advanced tab of Preferences.
  • Feature: added Passive option on Advanced tab of Preferences and status reporting during FTP connection.
  • Feature: added new option: "Cashier can see own orders" on menu Configuration - Preferences - Orders.
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameters: {$serverlogin}, {$serverfirstname} and {$serverlastname}. These parameters display information about worker who created an order.
  • Feature: added new parameter: "Use HTML Tags" on menu Configuration - Bill Configuration - Parameters.
  • Bug fixed: On Quote window Delete Quote button was shown as Delete Order button.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 11.5.0.319 (Jan 25, 2021)

  • Feature: added new Inventory On Hand by Items Details report.
  • Feature: on menu Configuration - Items - Import Items button added the
  • Following new columns for import: Category Name, Cost, Qty and Sales
  • Location.
  • Feature: added new Create Receive Voucher button on Purchase Order
  • Window. This button is used to create a receive voucher based on
  • Purchase order. The button works on closed purchase orders.
  • Feature: added new Create Return Voucher button on Receive Voucher
  • Window. This button is used to create a return voucher based on
  • Receive voucher. The button works on closed receive vouchers.
  • Feature: added new Duplicate order button on Purchase Order, Receive
  • Voucher, Return Voucher windows. This button may be used to create a
  • Copy of existing voucher/purchase order.
  • Feature: added new Report: Profit Margin by Items Details.
  • Feature: added new button Update Stock on Inventory tab of menu
  • Configuration - Items window. This button may be used to set total new
  • On hand qty and total new cost.
  • Feature: implemented new report: Sales by sales location.
  • Feature: Client's Statement of Account report displayed account's
  • Authorized amount and remaining amount when using without the option:
  • Use Due Dates.
  • Feature: added new option on menu Configuration - Preferences - Take
  • Payment: "Automatically put remaining total due to client's account".
  • Feature: added Sales Location filter for all sales, taxes and profit
  • Margin reports.
  • Feature: added Stock Location filter for on all Inventory On Hand and
  • Inventory Journal reports.
  • Bug fixed: Date and time filter did not work for these reports:
  • Average serving time by server, Average serving time by waitress.
  • Bug fixed: an error message could be shown on during order pickup in
  • Multi-store mode.
  • Bug fixed: Average on hand cost field on Inventory tab of menu
  • Configuration - Items was not displayed.
  • For hotels:
  • Feature: added new Hotel Daily Sales Report.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 11.4.0.308 (Nov 28, 2020)

  • Feature: removed "Use Alternative Printing Module" and "Use HTML Printing Module" from menu Configuration - Bill Configuration - Parameter. Instead added "Printing Module" drop down list.
  • Feature: to "Printing Module" drop down list added "Direct" printing module allowing to print text directly to printer. Read more: https://www.abacre.com/p/direct-printing-module
  • Feature: redesigned Printer tab of Bill Configuration window by adding "Printing Method" drop down list.
  • Feature: added "Direct to Serial Port" printing method to "Printing Method" drop down list. Now it's possible to print a bill by sending text via COM port to printer (if the printer has COM port interface). Read more: https://www.abacre.com/p/printing-directly-to-serial-port
  • Feature: added "Running Command" printing method to "Printing Method" drop down list. Now it's possible to print bills by running external commands. Read more: https://www.abacre.com/p/printing-by-running-command
  • Feature: added a possibility to use Epson escape commands in bill's templates. Read more: https://www.abacre.com/p/sending-epson-commands-to-printer

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 11.3.0.307 (Sep 23, 2020)

  • Feature: it's not possible to automatically send copies of orders and end of day reports to by email. Use options: Notifications Email, Send Email on Close Order and Send Email on End of Day located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Email.
  • Feature: added new option "Show Alternative Name" on menu Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order Details. With this option alternative name of item will be shown on Order window after item's name.
  • Improvement: on Order window height of categories panel could be close to zero. This update will set minimal height of categories panel to 100 pixels (on program's restart).
  • Bug fixed: on Kitchen/Bar window the list of items could be empty if
  • "Use Tables" option on Preferences window was unchecked.
  • Bug fixed: "Is not a valid floating point value" error message could be shown on Take Payment and Media Totals window forcurrency formats with grouping separators like #,##0.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 11.2.0.306 (Aug 26, 2020)

  • Feature: added new option "Keep old order closing date on re-opening order" on menu Configuration - Preferences - Order. This option is useful when it's needed to re-open closed order, change some order's details (like changing wrong payment method) and then close the order. With this option the order's closing date will stay the same as before.
  • Improvement: when option "Allow selling items with zero on hand quantities" is turned off the verification for on hand quantities is only performed for items with checked "Is Stock Item" option. Thus the verification for zero quantity is not performed now for sales items ("Is Sale Item" option) which are not inventory items ("Is Stock Item" option is unchecked).

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 11.1.0.0 (Jul 25, 2020)

  • Feature: added Reorder Point field on Inventory tab of Items window.
  • Feature: added new alert when adding item to order to see if the on hand quantity is reached to reorder point.
  • Feature: added new option "Show items reached reorder point" for report: Inventory On Hand by Items (Current Stock Location). This option is used to see which items should be re-ordered.
  • Bug fixed: in some cases on hand quantity of item could be less than zero. For example, when current on hand quantity was 3 and the worker ordered 5 items. New on hand quantity could become -2.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 10.10.0.296 (Apr 27, 2020)

  • Feature: added new option on menu Configuration - Preferences - Inventory: "Create new items on import". With this option if an item does not exist yet in list of items then it will be added. Otherwise such unknown item will be skipped during import. This option works for importing items on Purchasing windows. The items are always created when doing import on menu Configuration - Import.
  • Improvement: added better handling of broken import files where the items are split into several lines. This is related to import of items on menu Configuration - Items.
  • Improvement: Added control of text's size for items's name, code, barcode and note columns on menu Configuration - Items - Import Items button.
  • Improvement: implemented more reliable import of items when some columns like prices, quantities may contain non-allowed chars.
  • Bug fixed: "Card reader connection type" was incorrectly set for door lock system.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 10.9 (Mar 26, 2020)

  • Feature: added new report: Sales by Year-Month.
  • Feature: added new Security role: Show Email Sender button.
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameter: {$clientterm}

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 10.8 (Feb 17, 2020)

  • Feature: support of new invoice rendering engine. Read more:
  • https://www.abacre.com/p/advanced-html-printing-module
  • Feature: added support of {itemno} in bill's templates. Read more:
  • https://www.abacre.com/p/billconfigchangeitemfields
  • Feature: implemented support of deposit's templates. Read more:
  • https://www.abacre.com/p/deposit-template
  • Bug fixed: web reports did not work on some conditions.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 10.7 (Jan 24, 2020)

  • Feature: added new option: Print items of all categories located on
  • Parameters tab of notification printers. This option allows to print all
  • Items of order regardless of item's category.
  • Improvement: online activation method will show registration and
  • Workstation keys in case of activation errors.
  • Bug fixed: Touch Panel (Virtual Keyboard) was not shown when clicking
  • On Chit Number field on Order window.
  • Bug fixed: when using modifiers templates for bill and notification
  • Printers modifiers template tags could be also printed.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 10.6 (Dec 13, 2019)

  • Feature: added support of multiple configuration files.
  • Feature: added Statement button on Clients window producing Account
  • Statement report.
  • Feature: added Term field on Client window to set payment terms in
  • Days. The field is located on Additional tab of Clients window.
  • Feature: on Orders window it's possible to search for orders using
  • Order chit number.
  • Feature: added Send Mail button on Report View window. Now it's
  • Possible to send reports by email.
  • Improvement: Order Chit Number field located on Order window was
  • Available only in Abacre Restaurant Point of Sale. Now it's available in
  • Other Abacre Point of Sale products too.
  • Improvement: added possibility to enter negative tax rates on menu
  • Configuration - Property Settings - Taxes. In some countries negative
  • Tax rates are used for withholdings of law.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 10.5 (Nov 27, 2019)

  • Feature: on Physical Inventory added "Print All Visible Columns" mode
  • For printing the report.
  • Bug fixed: orders window could not be refreshed when using software on
  • Several computers in network.
  • Bug fixed: error message was shown when double-clicking on empty note
  • On Notes window.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 10.4 (Oct 27, 2019)

  • Feature: added new column: Barcode on Physical Inventory window.
  • Feature: it's possible to show or hide columns of grids on Physical Inventory, Items, Clients, Vendors, Orders and other windows by right-clicking on column's header cell.
  • Bug fixed: pressing Log Off button and then pressing Enter button on Login window could show Login window again.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 10.3 (Oct 27, 2019)

  • Feature: added new column: Average Cost on Physical Inventory window.
  • Bug fixed: in some cases an error message could be shown after pressing Print Invoice button on closed orders.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 10. (Oct 27, 2019)

  • Feature: added new column: Average Cost on Physical Inventory window.
  • Bug fixed: in some cases an error message could be shown after pressing Print Invoice button on closed orders.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 10.2 (Aug 28, 2019)

  • Feature: New option: "Automatically select a tag" located on menu
  • Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order Details.
  • Bug fixed: on menu Configuration - Items - Prices Schedule - labels
  • for editable fields were not visible.
  • Bug fixed: error message could be shown when pressing Clock Out button
  • on Shifts window.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 10.1 (Jul 22, 2019)

  • Feature: Made major update of database library and implemented many
  • speed optimizations on windows with log lists of data.
  • Feature: New option: Show daily totals in status panel. With this
  • option it' possible to see daily totals for open and closed orders on
  • Orders window.
  • Feature: New option: "Process variable length barcodes" located on
  • menu Configuration - Preferences - Hardware - Barcode Reader. With this
  • option it's possible to process, for example, barcodes with length of 6
  • or 8 digits.
  • Feature: Added Save buttons Item Modifiers, Inventory Units and
  • Inventory Categories windows.
  • Bug: in rare cases orders could not be closed.
  • Bug: error message could be shown on menu Configuration - Item
  • Modifiers when there were no modifiers.
  • Bug: error message was shown when trying to save a category without
  • name on menu Configuration - Item Categories window.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 10.0 (Jun 24, 2019)

  • Feature: new report: Clients Count by Period. You may have many
  • Returned customers for a certain period (week, month or year). But how
  • Do you know how many unique customers do you have for that period? This
  • Report answers on the question. Read more:
  • Http://www.abacre.com/p/report-clients-count-by-period
  • Feature: new report: Sales by Order Tag. Read more:
  • Http://www.abacre.com/p/report-sales-by-order-tag
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameter: {$ordertagname}
  • Feature: on Orders window added two new filters: Current Quarter and
  • Current Year.
  • Feature: End of Day toolbar and More Actions toolbar (on Order window)
  • May be closed by pressing Esc key.
  • Feature: on Email Sender window the widths of all columns in the
  • Message list and the height of the message list are saved.
  • Feature: on Shifts window the height of workers list is saved.
  • Feature: columns widths are saved for the windows: Purchase Orders,
  • Receive Vouchers, Return Vouchers, Purchase Order, Receive Voucher,
  • Return Voucher, Sales Locations, Stock Locations and Templates.
  • Bug fixed: by pressing F2 on reports tree it was possible to change
  • Name of a report. It produced an error.
  • Bug fixed: by pressing F2 on Preferences tree it was possible to change
  • Name of tab.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 9.9 (May 29, 2019)

  • Feature: added Tag selection field on Order window - Details tab. Now it's possible to "tag" orders. Tags may be entered on menu Configuration - Order Tags. On Orders window it's possible to search for orders by typing tag's name.
  • Bug fixed: when invoice was not paid the black line could be displayed when previewing or printing invoice.
  • Improvement: changed fonts on Property Settings window to correctly display Arabic and other fonts.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 9.8 (Mar 21, 2019)

  • Feature: added VAT ID field on Clients window - Additional tab. It may
  • Be used for B2B transactions. VAT ID may be printed on invoices and
  • Receipt using <clientvatid> tag.
  • Feature: added support of fiscal reporting modes used in Fiji: V-SDC
  • And E-SDC. Read more:
  • Http://www.abacre.com/p/fiji-sdc
  • Feature: new tax calculation formula SubTotal was added for second tax
  • On Property Settings window. With this formula second tax is taken as
  • Amount per quantity for items due the second tax.
  • Improvement: Admin Password field is displayed with asterisk chars on
  • Bill Configuration - Advanced tab.
  • Improvement: improved support of wider range of Caller ID devices.
  • Feature: added Speed option for Caller ID devices on menu
  • Configuration - Preferences - Hardware - Caller ID.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 9.7 (Feb 25, 2019)

  • Feature: implemented support of templates for Z-Out Cash Drawer and
  • Z-Out Property Close reports.
  • Feature: pressing Shift+F12 in Notes window will create a bulleted
  • List on selected text.
  • Feature: pressing F12 in Notes window will create a numbered list
  • On selected text.
  • Bug fixed: reports were accessible for workers with unchecked "View
  • Reports" security role.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 9.4.0 Build 256 (Oct 24, 2018)

  • Feature:
  • Added Scan File button on Clients window - Files tab. Now
  • It's possible to scan clients documents directly into database.
  • Added new parameter: Initialization Command on window
  • Preferences - Caller ID.
  • Improvement:
  • <totales> parameter was available only for bill's
  • Templates. In this version it's possible now to use this parameter for
  • Invoice's templates too.
  • <totalen> parameter was available only for invoice's
  • Templates. In this version it's possible now to use this parameter for
  • Bill's templates too.
  • Bug fixed:
  • COM Port field was not saved on window Preferences - Caller
  • ID tag.
  • On window Caller ID Notification - phone number was
  • Displayed in Name field instead of Phone field when Caller ID device was
  • Modem.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 9.3.0 Build 255 (Sep 24, 2018)

  • Feature: added new report: Inventory Shrinkage
  • Feature: added new parameters on menu Configuration - Preferences -
  • Barcode Reader: Number of digits after decimal for qty or price in
  • barcode, Item should be added with qty equals to 1, Is 18 digits
  • barcode with qty and total price?
  • Bug fixed: error message was shown in special situations when using
  • StoreSync.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 9.2.0 Build 252 (Aug 17, 2018)

  • Feature: added a possibility to view the program in full screen by pressing F11 button or via menu View - Full Screen. It's useful when using the program on small screens like 10" tablets.
  • Feature: added new button Transfer to Worker located on Orders window. With this button it's possible to transfer all open orders from current worker to any another worker. The button is disabled by default. To enable the button check security role "Show Transfer to Worker button" on Security Roles window.
  • Improvement: implemented more accurate algorithm of inventory adjustment for conversion of databases produced by version of program released 3 years ago.
  • Bug fixed: sales tax could be calculated as zero for some orders when Automatically Select Table option was unchecked. This issue had place after choosing order type for sales order.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 9.1.0 Build 250 (Jul 24, 2018)

  • Feature: added support of customization in items line of bill or
  • Notification templates. For example, the following line:
  • <items><itemqty> <itemname> <itemtotal></items>
  • Will display item's qty, name and total in bills. Thus it's possible to
  • Change order of item's parameters like name, price, qty and total.
  • Feature: added new option "Max chars count in name of item" located on
  • Menu Configuration - Bill Configuration - Advanced.
  • Feature: added a possibility to customize the following fonts via menu
  • Configuration - Preferences - Fonts: Order window: Ordered Items list,
  • Total Summary and Grand Total.
  • Feature: added new option "Admins can see all orders" located on menu
  • Configuration - Preferences - Orders. With this option even if "Workers
  • Can see own orders" is checked then admin users may still see all
  • Orders.
  • Bug fixed: font of selected closed order was not correctly saved.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 10.0.0 Build 1418 (Jun 25, 2018)

  • Feature: when printing long street and street 1 address fields the
  • addresses will be printed in several lines of bill. The same is done for
  • Delivery Address/Note field.
  • Feature: added new report: Return Vouchers by Vendors.
  • Feature: added new report: Purchase Orders by Vendors.
  • Feature: added new option on main menu View - Toolbars - Status which
  • allows to show or hide status bar at the bottom of the window. It's
  • useful for small displays to hide the status bar.
  • Improvement: on Notes window "Delete note?" confirmation dialog is
  • shown before actual note deletion.
  • Improvement: on Notes window new note is created near currently
  • selected note (not at the end of notes as in previous versions).
  • Bug fixed: error message was shown when adding ingredient/component
  • from drop-down-list on menu Configuration - Items -
  • Ingredients/Components tab.
  • Bug fixed: in sales by item report in some cases for items with count
  • equals to zero the report could display non-zero subtotal and total.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 8.10.0 Build 243 (May 28, 2018)

  • Feature: added Store Sync window located on menu View.
  • Feature: added Set Current button on menu Configuration - Sales Location.
  • Feature: added new report: Receive Vouchers by Vendors.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 8.9.0 Build 242 (Apr 30, 2018)

  • Feature: added Inventory Category filter on Physical Inventory window.
  • Feature: Inventory Category is printed now in report's name of Physical Inventory report.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 8.8.0 Build 240 (Mar 26, 2018)

  • Feature: added new option: "Last 6 digits of barcode have price
  • instead of qty" located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Barcode
  • Reader.
  • Feature: it's possible now to scan classical 13 digits EAN-13 barcodes
  • with scanners connected without OPOS drivers.
  • Improvement: implemented new Authorize.net communication protocol
  • for credit cards processing.
  • Feature: added new security role: "Disable Clients editing". With this
  • option it's possible to forbid editing clients information on Clients
  • window and add/deleting clients.
  • Bug fixed: incorrectly quantities could be shown in sales by menu
  • item, sales by categories, journal, sales by hostesses, sales by hostess
  • details, sales of items by client reports. The quantities were
  • correctly recorded in databases. But the quantities could be shown wrong
  • when counting returned items. Returned items will have negative
  • quantities in the reports.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 8.7.0 Build 235 (Feb 28, 2018)

  • Feature:
  • Number field is printed now for each Z-Out Cash Drawer
  • report. It's displayed as "No:" above "Date/Time:" line.
  • Feature: Added many new functions to Abacre Script.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 8.6.0 Build 234 (Jan 27, 2018)

  • Feature: Implemented support of Abacre Script, a new programming language to customize bill and invoice layouts.
  • Improvement: in case of negative discount (for example, -5%) the program displays Surcharge text on Order window.
  • Feature: added <surchargetotal> bill configuration parameter.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 9.5.0 Build 1394 (Nov 29, 2017)

  • Feature: added For Date for inventory on hands reports.
  • Feature: added <clientaccountlimit> and <clientauthorizedamount> fields for bill
  • confirmation template to display client's account limit and authorized
  • amount.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 8.4.0 Build 229 (Oct 25, 2017)

  • Feature: added new option "Show Item Code field" on menu Configuration
  • Preferences - Order - Order Buttons. With this option it's possible to
  • Show or hide Item Code field on Order window.
  • Improvement: on menu Configuration - Preferences - Menu Items it was
  • Possible to specify item's width and height up to 200 pixels. Now we
  • Increased this size to 1000 pixels. This size is used to display items
  • As buttons on Order window.
  • Bug fixed: it was possible to remove item by pressing - (minus) and
  • Entering quantity like 1 for notified items even if "Can remove notified
  • Items" option was unchecked on on menu Configuration - Preferences -
  • Order - Item Buttons.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 8.3.0 Build 227 (Sep 20, 2017)

  • Feature: on menu Configuration - Preferences - Shifts added two new
  • options: Show Order Types and Show Deposits into accounts.
  • Feature: added new Inventory Journal report.
  • Improvement: in report Inventory Sold instead of Cost column added two
  • columns: Cost per one unit and Total Cost.
  • Feature: added Cost column on menu Configuration - Items - Ingredients
  • /Components.
  • Feature: added Total Cost field to display total cost of all
  • ingredients/components on menu Configuration - Items - Ingredients
  • /Components.
  • Feature: added Save button on menu Configuration - Items - Ingredients
  • /Components.
  • Feature: added Save buttons on menu Configuration - Item Modifiers.
  • Improvement: after deletion of an item on Items window - inventory
  • operations on this item are also deleted.
  • Bug fixed: inventory cost of modifiers could be incorrectly calculated
  • in case of fractional quantities of linked stock items.
  • Bug fixed: "Transfer order to another table" command could remove
  • order if the destination table code was the same as source table code.
  • Improvement: When using "Split Order" button it was possible to cancel
  • split operation. In this case a new empty order was created. Now in such
  • case the empty order will be deleted and original order will be shown.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 8.2.0 Build 226 (Aug 23, 2017)

  • Feature: now it is possible to use unlimited levels on inventory
  • quantities and cost propagation for items with ingredients/components.
  • Go to menu Configuration - Preferences - Inventory. Check "Unlimited
  • ingredients/components propagation". Read more:
  • http://pointofsale.abacre.net/unlimitedpropagation
  • Feature: on menu View - Tasks added new shortcuts:
  • Ctrl+N - create new brother task.
  • Alt+Ctrl+N - create new child task.
  • Alt+Ctrl+D - delete task.
  • Ctrl+S - save task.
  • Feature: added new shortcut: Ctrl+Q. Use this shortcut to quit the
  • program.
  • Feature: Alt+Ctrl+D - delete note on on menu View - Notes.
  • Improvement: on menu View - Notes - the notes are saved automatically
  • when visiting another note or using Find command.
  • Feature: date range filter now may be used with "Inventory on hand"
  • type reports.
  • Feature: On Report window added "Show items with negative on hand
  • quantities" option for "Inventory on hand" type reports.
  • Feature: added Item Price column into Sales by item report.
  • Improvement: on menu Items - Ingredients/Components the items are
  • listed by order of adding to the list of Ingredients/Components.
  • Feature: implemented login by password only.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 8.1.0 Build 224 (Jul 21, 2017)

  • Feature: on menu View - Notes added many new actions on Notes:
  • Ctrl+N - create new note.
  • Ctrl+S - save note.
  • Ctrl+K - delete text until the end of line.
  • Ctrl+L - insert line separator.
  • Alt+D - insert current date.
  • Added menu Change Case with options: Upper Case, Lower Case, Capital Case.
  • Added a possibility to use links in Notes. For example if you have an article with name Apple. Then in another article you want to link to this article just put [Apple]. Thus [] braces may be used to create links. After that you may navigate to the link by pressing Ctrl and then clicking on the link by mouse. To navigate back to the previous note you
  • may right-click on the note's body and select Back action.
  • Improvement: On invoices the items are displayed in the same order as on New Order window. Before this version the items were sorted by category and then by items order.
  • Improvement: cursor is changed into hour glass during database upgrading from older versions.
  • Bug fixed: tax calculation for orders with erroneously entered table codes was omitted (orders were created without taxes).

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 8.0.0 Build 221 (Jun 22, 2017)

  • Feature: added new option: Automatically Print Invoice. This option is
  • located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Order Details. This option
  • only works together with Use Invoice Template button now. Thus after
  • pressing Print Invoice button on Order window the invoice will be
  • printing automatically without showing preview window first.
  • Feature: added new fields <itemprice2> and <itemtotal2> to display item
  • prices and totals in second currency in invoice templates.
  • Feature: added new fields <itempricei>, <itempricef>, <itemtotali>,
  • <itemtotalf>, <totali> and <totalf> to display integer and fractional
  • parts of prices in invoice templates.
  • Feature: added new field: <itemno> to display sequential item number
  • as it's displayed on invoice. For example, for first item printed on
  • invoice <itemno> will show 1, for second item it will show 2 and so on.
  • Feature: added new field: <totalen> in invoice templates. For example,
  • total: 150.50 will be displayed as English text: one hundred fifty, 50
  • Feature: added a possibility to quickly evaluate numerical expressions
  • on menu View - Notes window. For example, you may type 100*2. Then
  • select it with mouse. Then right-click by mouse and select Evaluate or
  • simply press on keyboard Ctrl+E. It will append the calculation result
  • and it will be finally displayed as 100*2=200.
  • Feature: added new actions on lines on text for menu View - Notes
  • window. Ctrl+Y will delete current line. Ctrl+D will duplicate current
  • line.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.14.0.215 (May 26, 2017)

  • Feature: added new option: Print Invoice after Close Order. This
  • option is located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Order. With this
  • option invoice printing window will be automatically opened after
  • closing an order. Note: it's still possible, for example, to hide
  • invoice button by unchecking Show Invoice Button option while still
  • using Print Invoice after Close Order option to automatically print
  • invoices.
  • Bug fixed: error message could be shown on Security Roles window after
  • log out and login again.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.12.0.214 (Apr 26, 2017)

  • Feature:
  • Added Midnight Minutes field on Preferences - Reports.For example if your business is closing at 2 AM each day then set 120 into Midnight Minutes field and all sales reports will correctly display information about sales days.
  • Improvement:
  • Corrected font on Orders windows to display correctly
  • Arabic text.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.12.0.213 (Mar 16, 2017)

  • Improvement: improved loading speed of Order page.
  • Bug fixed: corrected bug with saving Secure Device and Pad Type names
  • for credit card processing options.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.11.0.212 (Feb 21, 2017)

  • Feature: support of Datacap NETePay for credit card processing.
  • With using Datacap NETePay technology you have access to all major USA processors like First Data, Mercury, TSYS and others.
  • Configuration - Order - Order Details. The possible values for this parameter are nearest and down. Thus with this method it's possible now to round down to the previous 10 cents, for example.
  • Feature: added new report: Gift Cards Outstanding Balance.
  • Improvement: automatically saving client information before pressing
  • Choose button on Clients window.
  • Improvement: End of Day procedure shows order numbers of open or closed orders.
  • Improvement: Better a gift card balance updating on new gift card creation.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.10.0.209 (Jan 25, 2017)

  • Feature: added new possibilities of bill formatting when using HTML
  • Printing module: added new class names: itemname, itemqty, itemprice and itemtotal. Therefore now it's possible, for example, to change font's family, size for items printed bills or notifications.
  • Feature: implemented new option: Automatically Select a Table. This option is located at menu Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order Details. By default the option is checked. It means when you create a new order then a table is automatically assigned to the order. Uncheck this option and you will need to specifically choose a table each time you create an order.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.9.0.208 (Dec 21, 2016)

  • Feature:
  • added a possibility to do simple backups. Use menu Help – Backup. It will create a backup file with your database and configuration files and open backup folder after that.
  • Improvement:
  • to prevent occasional license deactivation the following confirmation dialog is shown: Are you should you want to deactivate the license?
  • Improvement:
  • added removing unneeded spaces and tabs from a registration key when doing software registration.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.8 (Nov 30, 2016)

  • Feature: added new user pole (line display) tags: and
  • to display item's on hand quantity and cost.
  • Feature: added new option: Automatically search for item (not need to
  • press Find) located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order
  • Details. Check the option and you don't need to press Find button on
  • Choose Item window because it will automatically search when you start
  • typing item's name.
  • Feature: added new option: "Search in item name when using Item Code
  • field" located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order
  • Details. Check this option and it will be possible to search for item
  • name. If search returns several possible items then Choose Item window
  • will be shown. But in case if one found item then the item will be
  • automatically added to order.
  • Improvement: it's possible now to choose item by pressing Enter button
  • on Choose Item window instead of pressing OK button.
  • Bug fixed: the program could show error when searching for item with
  • non-existing name on Choose Item window and pressing OK button.
  • Bug fixed: in some cases ordered items were not correctly exported
  • after conversion from old Access database format into Firebird.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.7 (Nov 30, 2016)

  • Feature: Added new option: Tax Rate Format on menu Configuration -
  • Property Settings - General. This option allows to specify rate rate
  • with 3 or more digits. For example, 0.000 will allow to define taxes
  • with 3 digits after period.
  • Feature: added Show Note option located on menu Configuration - Bill
  • Configuration - Parameters. With this option the program prints note
  • field defined on menu Configuration - (Menu) Items on bill and
  • notification printers.
  • Improvement: moved block of fiscal printers into Advanced tab of
  • menu Configuration - Bill Configuration window.
  • Bug fixed: Qty and price for items was shifted one char to left when
  • printing on bill and notification printers.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.6 (Nov 30, 2016)

  • Feature: Added new option: Show More button on Login for non admin
  • workers. The default value is ON. Turn the option OFF and non-admin
  • workers would not see More button. Therefore they will not change Path
  • to Database and Server Name on Login window.
  • Improvement: up to several times increased opening speed for New
  • Order and Orders window. We specially tested it on very large
  • customers databases.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.5 (Nov 30, 2016)

  • Feature: implemented export of sales transactions into QuickBooks
  • accounting software.
  • Feature: Export of items (since Standard license) into tab separated
  • file. It's possible to open this file with Excel. See Export button on
  • menu Configuration - Items.
  • Improvement: automatic spread discount, freight and fee on receive
  • and return vouchers for correct item cost calculation.
  • See option: Spread discount, freight and fee on vouchers on Preferences
  • - Inventory tab.
  • Bug fixed: error message was shown when selling items with
  • ingredients. So ingredients quantities were not updated.
  • Bug fixed: Inventory sold report did not show Grand total value.
  • Bug fixed: total field was not visible on receive vouchers.
  • Bug fixed: corrected issue with province tax (tax 2), tax 3, tax 4
  • and service charge calculation on refund orders.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.4 (Nov 30, 2016)

  • Bug fixed: corrected several issues related to layout of Z-Out
  • reports.
  • Bug fixed: tag was not correctly printed on invoices with
  • custom templates.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.3 (Nov 30, 2016)

  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameter:
  • Now it's possible print order numbers in format like:
  • /. For example, 2016/125
  • Improvement: On Orders window the height of raw is automatically
  • increased when using this window with big-sized custom fonts.
  • Improvement: now it's possible to print alternative item names on
  • bills. Previously it was only possible to print on notification
  • printers.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.2 (Nov 30, 2016)

  • Feature: automatic connection recovery to server in case of
  • disconnection. In case of using the program on tablet computers
  • connection may be lost because of weak WiFi network connectivity. In
  • this case the program will automatically restore connection.
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameters:
  • , , and
  • - are taxable amounts (bases) for corresponding
  • taxes but without any taxes inside. It's useful for tax included
  • calculation method.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.1 (Nov 30, 2016)

  • Feature: added Stock Locations feature.
  • Feature: added possibility to save encrypted credit card information
  • into database for later processing when Internet connection is lost.
  • Check "Accept credit cards when workstation is offline" located on menu
  • Configuration - Preferences - Credit Cards.
  • Feature: added new bill configuration parameters:
  • , , and -
  • are taxable amounts (bases) for corresponding taxes.
  • Improvement: added Save button for Price Schedule on menu
  • Configuration - Items.
  • Improvement: added saving and restoring columns width of Sales
  • Locations grid on menu Configuration - Items.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 7.0 (Nov 30, 2016)

  • Feature: added Sales Locations feature.
  • Feature: added Hierarchical Tasks feature.
  • Feature: added Notes feature.
  • Feature: added flat rate tax for second tax on menu Configuration -
  • Property Settings - Taxes and Tips.
  • Feature: second tax calculation method based on first tax on menu
  • Configuration - Property Settings - Taxes and Tips.
  • Feature: added new option for taxes included into price: "Included
  • tax is based on subtotal" on menu Configuration - Property Settings -
  • Taxes and Tips.
  • Feature: added new option: "Put long item names on second line"
  • located on menu Configuration - Bill Configuration - Advanced. This
  • option also works for notification printers.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 6.10.1 (Nov 30, 2016)

  • Bug fixed: corrected issue with database conversion process
  • from older versions.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 6.10 (Nov 30, 2016)

  • Bug fixed: error message was shown after pressing Refund Item
  • button.
  • Feature: added new report in Taxes category: Cash report.
  • Bug fixed: error message was shown during conversion database from
  • older version.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 6.9 (Nov 30, 2016)

  • Feature: new security roles: Show Clients button, Show Shifts
  • button. Note: go to security roles and check these security roles.
  • Otherwise corresponding buttons will be invisible.
  • Improvement: menu Action - Print Bill, Close Order and menu View -
  • Gift Cards are only visible for sales persons (persons with visible
  • New Order and Order buttons).

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 6.8.0.186 (Dec 30, 2015)

  • Improvement: added many internal database structure changes to increase speed. Upon upgrade process please don't interrupt. It may take from few minutes to one hour depending on size of your database.
  • Bug fixed: in rare cases when adding item to order old items from removed order could be added to order.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 6.7.0.185 (Nov 28, 2015)

  • Improvement: increased width of split order window for better visibility of quantity column of moved items.
  • Bug fixed: error message was shown when trying to move more than one item with modifiers on split order window.
  • Bug fixed: first item was copied without modifiers on split order.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 6.6.0.184 (Nov 19, 2015)

  • Feature: new security role: Show Discount Field. Note: there is already option with the same name on menu Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order Buttons. This is a global option. While with new option you may setup discount field visibility based on security roles. Now discount selection may be disabled for cashiers, for example.
  • Bug fixed: client discount was not automatically applied to order when creating new order by using New Order button located on Clients window.
  • Improvement: Added database structure changes to make it compatible with Abacre Restaurant Server.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 6.5.0.183 (Aug 25, 2015)

  • Improvement: Disallowing to use special chars and spaces for workers logins. Now it's possible to use chars a..z, A..Z, . (dot), _ and - for login names.
  • Improvement: made many changes to database structure for upcoming new features.
  • Bug fixed: after removing gift card item from order it was not possible to add it to order again.
  • Bug fixed: gift card grouping was possible after adding to order.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 6.4.0.182 (Jul 28, 2015)

  • Feature: new option Ask for Print Bill. With this option each type before actual printing bill the questions will be asked: Do you want to print bill? (Yes/No).
  • Feature: added two new parameters for bill and invoice configurations: and .
  • Improvement: is now available for printing not only on bills but although on customs invoices.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 6.3.0.181 (Jun 25, 2015)

  • Feature: possibility to use expressions like on Bill
  • Configuration - Template. Any number maybe used instead of
  • 15. It may be used for printing on receipt tip suggestion.
  • Improvement: in order to avoid many confusions internal file
  • empty.fdb was renamed into empty.dat.
  • Bug fixed: on Payment Methods window Loyalty Points media type was
  • displayed as Card.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 6.2.0.179 (May 20, 2015)

  • Feature: new field: Total Rounding Amount located on menu Configuration - Order - Order Details. For example, set this field to 0.05 and total will be rounded to nearest 5 cents.
  • Feature: new field: Order Number Format located on menu Configuration - Order - Order Details. For example, with format: 00000000 the order number 524 will be printed on receipts as: 00000524 Note: on Order window and other windows the order number will be still displayed as 524. Thus it will be be printed on bills and invoices as 00000524.
  • Feature: added new security role: Show Print Bill button for closed orders. For example, using this security role it's possible to make Print Bill button available for closed orders only for admins.
  • Feature: added new tag for bill's configuration template: Total will be displayed in Spanish words. For example, 181.20 will be printed as Ciento ochenta y un con 20 centavos.
  • Improvement: hours and minutes are used into backup files names.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 6.1.0.178 (Apr 16, 2015)

  • Feature: added Client Type field on Clients window - Additional tab.
  • Feature: added new report: Sales of clients by client type.
  • Feature: added new parameter for bill and invoice templates: . This parameters show total of all taxes.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 6.0.0.176 (Mar 24, 2015)

  • Feature: implemented loyalty programs based on clients turnover discounts and loyalty programs with collection of loyalty points. Go to menu Configuration - Preferences - Loyalty Programs and check corresponding options.
  • Feature: implemented support of Gift Cards. Go to menu Configuration - Preferences - Gift Cards. Check Use Gift Cards option. Then restart the program. Gift Cards window will be shown in menu View - Gift Cards.
  • Feature: added new report: Taxes by Day.
  • Feature: added new option: Show Tax Name on menu Configuration - Bill Configuration - Parameters. With this option it's possible to show names of taxes separated by comma applied for items when printing bills. The names of taxes are printed right to item's total.
  • Feature: added Open Order button. It's possible now to re-open closed orders. To enable this button you must check Show Open Order button security role located on menu Configuration - Security Roles.
  • Improvement: Print Invoice button is now accessible when using fiscal printers.
  • Bug fixed: error message could be shown when printing invoice for items with empty note fields.
  • Bug fixed: in some cases on Take Payment window clients account could not be updated on pressing Delete button for deposit into account operation.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 5.12.0.173 (Nov 24, 2014)

  • Feature: added possibility to process barcodes having last 6 digits dedicated for weight. For example, classical 13 digits EAN-13 barcodes. On menu Configuration - Items you need to specify only the first 7 digits of barcode. Then after scanning for item on Order window item will be added to order with quantity taken from barcode. Note: it only works for barcode readers using OPOS drivers in current version of the program.
  • Feature: added New Order button on Clients window. Press Clients button on main toolbar. Select needed client. Press New Order button in bottom-left corner. Then new order will be created for selected client.
  • Feature: added new security role: "Show Items window". Now workers may have accessing to Items window without accessing other configuration windows.
  • Feature: Added possibility to use thousand separator for currencies. Use #,##0.00 as Currency Format on Property Settings window. Then numbers will be like: 1,250.00
  • Feature: added two new parameters for Bill Configuration window and
  • Bug fixed: on Quote window Print Order button was displayed instead of Print Quote etc.
  • Feature: added new option: Use MSR for Client Cards located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Hardware - MSR. Now it's possible to use client cards with magnetic strips. And you may scan it by MSR on Clients window.
  • Improvement: added Code field on table grid on Clients window.
  • Improvement: after pressing Find or Clear button on Clients window focus will be set on search text field. Thus it's ready for next search.
  • Feature: now it's possible to use {$payment} tag for invoice templates the same way as it can be used for bill templates.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 5.11.0.169 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Feature: added possibility to change stock quantity and cost directly on menu Configuration - Items window. See Add and Remove buttons on Inventory tab.
  • Feature: added possibility to specify up to 9 custom fields for items. Customs fields must be named on menu Configuration - Preferences - Items Custom Fields. Then you may enter custom fields on menu Configuration - Items - Custom for each item and print the items on Invoice (you need to specify it in Invoice template).
  • Feature: added client discounts. Now for each client you may select individual discount rate, for example, 5%. Discount will be automatically applied after choosing client for order.
  • Feature: added the following new fields for Clients window: code, barcode and birth date.
  • Feature: added possibility to use Barcode Reader to locate client by barcode on Clients window. To use this feature you have to check option Use Barcode Reader for Client Cards located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Hardware - Barcode Reader.
  • Feature: added possibility to search by barcode on Choose Waitress/Hostess window. Also added support of Barcode Reader on this window.
  • Feature: added Files tab on Clients window. Now it's possible to store for client files of any type: images files (for example, scans of drivers license or signature), PDF or Microsoft Office files.
  • Feature: added new Templates window. Now invoices and client forms
  • may be completely customized.
  • Feature: added button Print Form on Clients window and corresponding security role.
  • Feature: added new option: Use Invoice Template.
  • Feature: added Preview button on View Report window.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 5.10.0.160 (Sep 26, 2014)

  • Feature: Added new button: Delete Deposit. Added corresponding security role. The default the option is turned off.
  • Feature: added new Client's Account Balance tag for bill templates.
  • Bug fixed: it was possible to execute Transfer Order, Split Order and Divide Order commands by using buttons: F4, F5, F6 even if the commands were disabled by corresponding security roles.
  • Bug fixed: on Split Order window status of item was not copied for items with quantities more than one.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 5.9.0.155 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Feature: Fractional quantities for items. For example, now you may use 1.33 or 0.6 as quantities when adding items to order.
  • Feature: new report: Clients Accounts Statements.
  • Feature: new report: Sales by client with payment method.
  • Feature: added Tables Plan button on main toolbar.
  • Improvement: added more space between buttons on main toolbar.
  • Improvement: default period for Delete Orders window was set to 1 day (instead of 30 days).
  • Improvement: confirmation dialog is shown before removing on Delete Orders window.
  • Bug fixed: empty string was displayed instead of client's name when first name of client was empty in several reports. The same type of the issue was also corrected for worker's name.
  • Bug fixed: tag was printed on bills for open orders.
  • Bug fixed: Default Client's Account Limit was not saved.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 5.8.0.152 (Jul 23, 2014)

  • Feature: new report: Journal with client types and commissions.
  • Feature: new Import button on Purchase Order, Receive Voucher and Return Voucher to import list of items.
  • Feature: new Export button for Clients window allowing export list of clients into tab separated file (for backup purposes).

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 5.7.1.151 (Jun 30, 2014)

  • Feature: added possibility to search item by code when adding item to receive voucher, return voucher, purchase order or sales order.
  • Feature: added new web report: Journal: Open Orders.
  • Feature: added possibility to set date in web reports.
  • Improvement: better support of barcode scanners for adding modifiers.
  • Bug fixed: security role Show Orders button did not work.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 5.7.0.149 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • Feature: added new windows and buttons: new quote and quotes.
  • Feature: added new security roles: Show New Quote button and Show Quotes button.
  • Feature: added new security roles: Show New Order button and Show Orders button.
  • Feature: added new web report: Journal.
  • Feature: added new web report: Sales by Item by Order Status.
  • Feature: added support of barcode scanners without any drivers (for scanning modifiers).
  • Improvement: now Close Order button is only visible for cashiers. Check Is Cashier option on Workers window for corresponding workers.
  • Improvement: assigned translation codes for all text fields on Invoice/Quote window.
  • Improvement: added Grand Total line for sales by item web report.
  • Improvement: hiding hotel web reports from the list of reports for non-hotel versions of the program.
  • Improvement: added possibility to search for order or quote by order number on Orders/Quotes windows.
  • Bug fixed: subtotal and total fields were not shown on invoice just after order’s creation.
  • Bug fixed: Error message was shown on Security Roles window (only in the last minor version of the program).

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 5.6.0.145 (May 22, 2014)

  • Feature: support of items with expiration dates.
  • Feature: we implemented built-in web server. What does it mean for you? As a business owner or manager you may see useful reports from any device: phone (iPhone or Android) or tablet computer like iPad or any other laptop or computer.
  • Feature: added State and Country fields on Clients window.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 5.5.0.142 (May 9, 2014)

  • Feature: possibility to add modifiers by scanning barcode. Barcode
  • field was added for modifiers.
  • Improvement: implemented auto-save of just created items. Now it's
  • possible add ingredients/components just after creation of new item
  • without pressing Save button.
  • Improvement: added View Registration Key link on Activation window.
  • Bug fixed: Message "Cannot close order: amount paid does not match
  • to amount due." was shown for refund order. Therefore it was not
  • possible to close refund orders when list of payments was visible.
  • Bug fixed: error message was displayed when pressing Delete button
  • on empty list of ingredients/price schedule and many other windows.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 5.4.0.140 (Apr 23, 2014)

  • Feature: possibility to search for items by barcode on Receive
  • Vouchers, Return Vouchers and Return Vouchers after pressing Add item
  • button.
  • Feature: After pressing Add to Order button on Order window if item
  • is not selected in items list then popup window will be shown to find
  • item or select it from list.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 5.3.0.139 (Mar 26, 2014)

  • Feature: new report: Clients Accounts Totals.
  • Feature: new option for Take Payment window: Clear only for cash payments. So Amount Paid maybe cleared only for cash payments.
  • Bug fixed: corrected many issues related to Divide Order button.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 5.2.0.138 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Feature: Implemented support of Datecs FPrint Fiscal Printer.
  • Improvement: possibility to use Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V and Ctrl+X keyboard shortcuts on Registration Form.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 5.0.0.129 (Dec 27, 2013)

  • Feature: added possibility to track sales commissions for
  • hostesses/associates. Added Choose Commission button on Order window.
  • Added Commission and Commission % columns for Sales by
  • Hostess/Associate and Sales by Hostess/Associate Details reports.
  • Enabling/disabling of Choose Commission button is controlled via menu
  • Configuration - Security Roles - Show Choose Commission button.
  • See online video tutorial about this feature on Youtube:
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFPpE5ZnDtg
  • Feature: support of Caller ID devices: Industry leading Whozz
  • Calling? device and any Caller ID enabled modem. Read more:
  • http://www.abacre.com//manual/callerid.htm
  • Feature: added new button: Refund Order located on Orders window.
  • The buttons allows easy creation on refund order based on selected
  • order on Orders window.
  • Feature: added new option: "Refund Order" button.
  • Feature: added new button: Change Qty on Order window allowing to change item's quantity.
  • Feature: added new option "Show Change Qty" button.
  • Feature: added new option "Show Help buttons". Turn off this option to hide Help buttons on main windows.
  • Feature: added new button: More Actions. This button is located on Order window it allows calling rare actions on order like: split order, divide order or transfer order.
  • Feature: added new option: "Make Log Off after Print Notifications".
  • Improvement: added Company field for workers.
  • Improvement: On New Order window: order's buttons and item's button are shown without empty places when certain buttons are hidden.
  • Improvement: main tool bar containing buttons New Order, Orders etc is colored with gradient now.
  • Improvement: removed Set Active button from Payment Methods window.
  • Because it's not used any more.
  • Improvement: corrected tab order for order's buttons.
  • Bug fixed: notification about new order was not displayed on pole line display) sometimes.
  • Bug fixed: Choose Waitress caption was shown on Choose Hostess/Associate window.
  • Bug fixed: windows Choose Waitress/Choose Hostess/Choose Associate were displayed in maximized state with incorrect alignment.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.9.12.128 (Nov 28, 2013)

  • Feature: new option on menu Configuration - Bill Configuration - Cash Drawer and Pole - Show pole messages on flagged items panel.
  • This option allows showing pole's information on flagged items panel.
  • Therefore if you don't have user pole (line display) then you still may use our flagged items panel to display pole's information for customers.
  • Improvement: in Email Sender if field Preferences - Email - From Name is not the same as field Property Settings - Property Name, then Property Name field is used as Organization when sending email.
  • Improvement: added scroll bars for message in Email Sender.
  • Bug fixed: error message was shown after pressing Send button on Email Sender window.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.9.11.127 (Oct 26, 2013)

  • Feature: Added new security role: "Show Split Order button"
  • Feature: Added new security role: "Show Divide Order button"
  • Feature: Added new security role: "Show Transfer Order button"
  • Bug fixed: for orders with discount error message was shown after worker's login

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.9.10.126 (Sep 21, 2013)

  • Feature: Date filter now works with all profit margin reports.
  • Bug fixed: error message was shown when updating stock quantities of item modifiers.
  • Bug fixed: for the cases when item modifier has two or more stock items only one stock item was deducted from stock.
  • Bug fixed: ingredient's name was not shown on menu Configuration - Item for just created ingredient.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.9.9.125 (Aug 18, 2013)

  • Feature: added new report: Inventory Sold. With this reports it's possible how many ingredients/components where sold during specified period of time.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.9.8.124 (Jul 26, 2013)

  • Bug fixed: Error message "Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window" was shown on Items window when adding new item from tab other than General
  • Bug fixed: It was not possible to add price schedules or ingredients for just created items. Note: the normal ways to add ingredients or price schedule. Add new item by pressing Add button. Then add item name, price, etc. Then press Save button. Now you may go to ingredients tab or price schedule tab and add corresponding ingredients or price schedules

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.9.7.122 (Jan 12, 2013)

  • Corrected minor Windows 8 compatibility issues

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.9.6.119 (Nov 23, 2012)

  • ug fixed: order's chit number was not printed for newly created orders.
  • Bug fixed: on purchase order, receive and return vouchers it was not possible to select newly created vendor.
  • Bug fixed: error during conversion from Microsoft Access database into Firebird database for menuitem table.
  • Bug fixed: error during conversion from Microsoft Access database into Firebird database for sorder table.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.9.5.118 (Sep 24, 2012)

  • Feature: added new report: Average Sales Order. You may specify different periods: Day, Week, Month, Quarter, Year, Hour and Day of
  • Week.
  • Improvement: added new Help menu command: Like this product on Facebook.
  • Improvement: added new Help menu command: Discussion Forums - Users Helping Users
  • Bug fixed: corrected several issues related to showing web pages like Translate into Native Language in different browsers.
  • Bug fixed: corrected several issues related to showing help file.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.9.4.117 (Jul 23, 2012)

  • Feature: added new option: Invoice Custom Summary located on menu
  • Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order Details. This option
  • allows to specify custom summary (footer) for each invoice
  • Bug fixed: Print Bill button did not work for closed orders

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.9.2.111 (May 24, 2012)

  • Improvement: added header panel for Choose Discount, Choose Client Type and Choose Order Type windows.
  • Improvement: added more language tags for all language files.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.9.1.110 (Apr 17, 2012)

  • Improvement: added new option: Can Remove Notified Items. Hide
  • selection from this option in order to disallow removing items after
  • printing notifications.
  • Bug fixed: corrected the issue with credit card processing for MSR
  • working without OPOS drivers.
  • Bug fixed: it was possible to make very small height of Items panel
  • on Order window.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.9.0.109 (Mar 29, 2012)

  • Feature: added new Post to URL parameter on menu Configuration -Preferences - Credit Cards for cards processed by Authorize.Net. Note instead of Authorize.Net you may use other credit card processing service supporting Authorize.Net emulation.
  • Bug fixed: in some situations bills could be printer on notification printers and notification notices on bill printers. This issue only was taking place only for OPOS drivers.
  • Bug fixed: in some situations cash drawer could not be opened when using OPOS drivers for cash drawer, bill and notification printers.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.8 (Mar 29, 2012)

  • Feature: added new Market Type parameter on menu Configuration -Preferences - Credit Cards for cards processed by Authorize.Net.
  • Feature: new option: Print Bill before Close Order.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.7.0.107 (Jan 27, 2012)

  • Feature: new report: Item Price List.
  • Improvement: better support of Quorion QPrint Fiscal Printer.
  • Bug fixed: language files were not included into distribution file.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.6.0.102 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • Feature: Implemented support of Quorion QPrint Fiscal Printer.
  • Feature: New option: Show Document Produced With located on menu
  • Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order Buttons.
  • Bug fixed: Kube Fiscal printer could not be loaded from configuration
  • file in some cases.
  • Bug fixed: in database item's name was limited to 100 chars, but it
  • was limited to 30 chars in program. Now max length of item's name is
  • 100 chars everywhere.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.5.0.100 (Nov 16, 2011)

  • Feature: Added possibility to hide categories and items on Order window. See the option: Show categories and items located in menu Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order Details. (Restart of the program is required after changing the option).
  • Bug fixed: corrected various issues related to import of clients, items and workers.
  • Bug fixed: list of items on Order window was not correctly sorted when no categories were specified.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.4.0.97 (Oct 18, 2011)

  • Feature: added new option: Remove All Items by one press. The option
  • is located in menu Configuration - Preferences - Order - Item Buttons.
  • Feature: added new option: show Document Produced With footer.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.3.0.90 (Oct 18, 2011)

  • Feature: Workstation Key is shown now in About window.
  • Improvement: added Arabic translation.
  • Improvement: removed extra line spaces in Invoice on Order window.
  • Bug fixed: "Date" text was displayed at the bottom of reports
  • instead of actual date.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 4.2.0.89 (Aug 22, 2011)

  • Feature: Implemented support for fiscal printers using OPOS drivers.
  • Feature: Implemented support of Kube Fiscal Printer.
  • Bug fixed: error messages were shown during import of items, workers and clients.
  • Bug fixed: error message was shown after trying to choose client for second order.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.7.0.80 (Nov 17, 2010)

  • Feature: displaying vendor's first name and last name on printing purchase order, receive/return vouchers.
  • Bug fixed: on Receive Voucher, Return Voucher and Purchase Order windows entering freight or fee fields caused program's crash.
  • Bug fixed: vendor's name was not properly displayed on Receive Voucher, Return Voucher and Purchase Order windows.
  • Bug fixed: corrected displaying of column names on Receive/Return Vouchers and Purchase Orders windows.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.6 (Nov 17, 2010)

  • Feature: possibility to display total price on bills in second currency. Go to menu Configuration - Property Settings - General.
  • Fill the parameters: Second Currency Sign and Second Currency Rate.
  • Then go to menu Configuration - Bill Configuration - Template and add the following line: Total in EUROS
  • Feature: new option: "Till is always assigned to server who started order". This option is located on menu Configuration - Preferences -Shifts. When the option is checked no matter who closed order and who really took payment the till is assigned to the worker who started the order. So it will be shown on Z-Out report of worker who started order.
  • Feature: added possibility to export Purchase Orders, Receive
  • Vouchers and Return Vouchers into PDF, Word, Excel, JPEG and other formats.
  • Feature: possibility to sort items on Physical Inventory window by
  • Code, Name, Physical Qty and On Hand Qty by clicking on corresponding column.
  • Bug fixed: Orders window did not display open orders for all values of filter except for "all dates".

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.5.2.77 (May 1, 2010)

  • Feature: Implemented support of credit card processing with MSR
  • without installing OPOS drivers. Read the details here:
  • http://www.abacre.com/retailpointofsale/manual/creditcardprocessing.htm
  • Feature: added new security role: Show Delete Order button.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.5.1.76 (Apr 23, 2010)

  • Feature: added new report: Average serving time by server.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.5.0.74 (Apr 16, 2010)

  • Feature: Currency ($ off) discounts for orders. See also new "Allow Currency Discounts" option located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order Buttons.
  • Bug fixed: paid tips were not shown on Take Payment method for manual tips calculation method.
  • Bug fixed: in some cases credit card information was not captured by MSR for credit card processing.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.4.3.72 (Apr 1, 2010)

  • Feature: new option: "Allow selling items with zero on hand quantities". When option is not checked it's not possible to add an item to an order if on hand quantity of item is zero (when there is no such item on stock).
  • Bug fixed: With checked "Worker can see only own orders" option it was possible to get orders from other workers via Tables Plan window.
  • Bug fixed: tips could not be added manually on Take Payment after release of previous version.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.4.2.71 (Mar 29, 2010)

  • Feature: possibility to set negative prices for items on Change
  • Price window. See new option: "Allow negative prices" on Preferences -
  • Order - Item Buttons.
  • Bug fixed: duplicate payments could be occurred when taking payments
  • at the same time on several workstations.
  • Bug fixed: when working with several workstations some payments
  • could not be closed after closing an order.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.4.1.70 (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Bug fixed: corrected z-out reconciliation issue when using multiple
  • workstations.
  • Bug fixed: Error message was shown "setting focus on invisible
  • window" when trying to go to outside of Order window for closed order.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.4.0.68 (Mar 12, 2010)

  • Feature: new feature: Security Roles.
  • Bug fixed: an error was shown when clicking on status field on Orders window.
  • Bug fixed: Reports button on main window was not well-positioned in some cases.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.3.1.67 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • Bug fixed: Client's and Cashier's names were not shown in some cases on Orders window.
  • Bug fixed: Worker's name was not shown sometimes on the following reports: Worker Hours, Sales by server, Sales by Client, Sales Items by Client.
  • Bug fixed: Inventory was not updated after removing order using Delete Order button located on Order window.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.3.0.66 (Feb 16, 2010)

  • Feature: Payments into In-House Clients Accounts.
  • Improved Z-Out and End of Day procedures.
  • New option: Auto-choose default payment method on Take Payment window.
  • Bug fixed: error message was shown when checking Count Media on Payment Methods window when adding new methods.
  • Bug fixed: "open" status was displayed for empty order on Orders window when there were no orders.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.2.1.64 (Dec 16, 2009)

  • Improvement: Choose Client button will show selected client if client is already defined for order.
  • Bug fixed: virtual keyboard was shown outside of screens when clicking on discount field.
  • Bug fixed: bills were cut in the middle of paper on some printers.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.2.0.61 (Nov 17, 2009)

  • Improvement: Added Use Event field as a checkbox on Pole Details window.
  • Improvement: user-friendly error messages were added for each hardware device (Printer, Cash Drawer, Pole, Barcode Scanner and MSR) to better handle state of the device.
  • Bug fixed: End of Day command could not work for all workstations together in some configurations.
  • Bug fixed: in some situations MSR device could read data only once.
  • Bug fixed: in some situations Barcode Scanner device could work only once.
  • Bug fixed: on Preferences window it was not possible to automatically lookup MSR LDN in drop down list.
  • Bug fixed: error message was shown when logo file not found on Property Settings window and in reports.
  • Bug fixed: Export button was not available in reports during trial period.
  • Bug fixed: Backup option was not selected End of Day procedure
  • during trial period.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 3.1 (Aug 22, 2009)

  • Added credit card processing module
  • new translation
  • minor issues were fixed.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 2.4.0.50 (Apr 28, 2009)

  • Feature: new report: Sales of items by client.
  • Feature: added new option: "Show item buttons on the left" located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Order - Item Buttons
  • Feature: added new option: "Show items and categories on the left" located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order Details.
  • Feature: added new option: "Clear initial item's quantity"
  • located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Order - Order Details.
  • Feature: added new option: "Clear initial Amount Paid" located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Take Payment.
  • Feature: added new option: "Always accept multiple payments" located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Take Payment.
  • Improvement: empty Price field will be displayed on Change Price window for items with zero prices.
  • Improvement: on bill and notification printer items are printed now in the same order as they were added to order when Show Categories option is unselected.
  • Bug fixed: it was possible to add zero payments on Take Payment window.
  • Bug fixed: language was not automatically updated on some windows.
  • Bug fixed: error message was shown on Media Count window for countries where decimal separator is comma (,).
  • Bug fixed: an extra empty page was shown at the end of Journal report.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 2.3.0.42 (Mar 26, 2009)

  • Feature: added new field Currency Denominations located on menu
  • Configuration - Property Settings - General. Now it's possible to
  • define which currency denominations do you want to use and which do
  • you want to omit (for example, rarely used denominations).
  • Feature: Added new option: Show Backup Data option. This option is
  • located on menu Configuration - Preferences - End of Day.
  • Feature: Added new option: Show Upload Sales Data option. This
  • option is located on menu Configuration - Preferences - End of Day.
  • Feature: added currency denominations for Maldives.
  • Improvement: Grand Total field was removed in Collected Tax report
  • for Taxable Sales column. Because it it did not pay much sense.
  • Bug fixed: on some printers the last line of z-out reports was cut.
  • Bug fixed: taxable sales could be calculated for items with apply
  • tax parameters even if calculate tax parameter was unchecked.
  • Bug fixed: order number was not correctly updated during Divide
  • Order in equals parts operation.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 2.2.1.30 (Dec 30, 2008)

  • Feature: possibility to save all icons for Items as separate bitmap
  • files on disk. The exported image files as saved into the folder:
  • My DocumentsAbacre Retail Point of Sale 2Icons
  • Bug fixed: error message was shown on Take Payment window:
  • Cannot close order: amount paid does not match to amount due."
  • for currencies without cents.

New in Abacre Retail Point of Sale 2.0.0.18 (Sep 23, 2008)

  • Version 2.0.0.18
  • Enhanced security and anti-fraud protection:
  • Database files are encrypted with password.
  • Configuration files are encrypted.
  • Different jobs: admin, cashier, inventory clerk and purchasing manager with different access privileges.
  • Different visibility options, for example, show Remove Item button; only admins can remove item.
  • Enhanced User Interface:
  • Possibility to choose different color themes, gradient buttons and panels.
  • Full-featured virtual keyboard to work with touch screens.
  • 4 different kinds of views for menu items and categories: buttons, icons, list and details.
  • Customization of fonts and colors.